French footwear brand Paraboot has calculated that its artisans have to master 150 different manual operations to be able to produce any of its Goodyear-welted shoes. 

Goodyear-welting remains a mainstay of the brand’s collections, along with the less common method known as Norwegian welting, which involves double-stitching, with the upper being stitched to the sole vertically through the welts with a horizontal line of stitching coming afterwards to strengthen the welts’ attachment to the sole.

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